Mecynidis
Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Its species are found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:
Species
, this genus includes eight species:Mecynidis antiqua Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – TanzaniaMecynidis ascia Scharff, 1990 – TanzaniaMecynidis bitumida Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – KenyaMecynidis dentipalpis Simon, 1894 – South Africa Mecynidis laevitarsis Miller, 1970 – AngolaMecynidis muthaiga Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – KenyaMecynidis scutata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – TanzaniaMecynidis spiralis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania